Report on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States [COM(2011)0006 - C7-0033/2011- 2011/0007(CNS)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Pervenche Berès (A7-0040/2011)

Commission statement: Implementation of the guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

János Martonyi (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement.

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEKPresident

László Andor (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

Pervenche Berès introduced the report.

The following spoke: Sharon Bowles (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Corien Wortmann-Kool, Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, Lena Ek, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member, and Marian-Jean Marinescu.

The following spoke: Pervenche Berès, László Andor and János Martonyi.

The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, who asked a question about the date when the President of the European Council would come and present the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 4 February 2011 (The President took note of thisthe President took note of this).

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

Europe 2020

- Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the ECR Group, on EU2020 (B7-0097/2011);